subject: What Is E-discovery Software [print this page] If you have wondered about e-Discovery software, you have come to the right place. E-Discovery allows attorneys and law firms to automate many of the tasks that they used to have to do by hand, and streamlines the process from the initial case review to the day that you have to take the case to court and beyond.
Obviously, as any attorney or worker in a law firm knows, the investigative part of a lawsuit is called the discovery. This is where you will determine what sort of experts you are going to need to call to argue your case, what other witnesses you might need on the stand and any evidence that you will be presenting, and that's why e-Discovery is so aptly named.
One of the best things about using e-Discovery software is that there is a database that you can pull from, so that common information that you use all the time doesn't have to be typed in manually. You wouldn't believe what a time saver this can be for typing up briefs or for any other paperwork that has to be done. E-Discovery software makes it easy.
Some people wonder if the software is secure, and for law firms that is an extremely valid concern. Although not every company that makes this type of software is the same, they know that you need your information to be secure, and most have world class security already built in so that you can feel good about storing information that is sensitive.
There are many features that e-Discovery software can boast, depending upon what software that you get, and who makes it. However, there are some features that are fairly standard no matter which e-Discovery program you are using, and they are the same basically across all of the competing brands out there.
For instance, e-Discovery software might allow you to take cases from the assessment stage into the review stage without a huge amount of time for processing. That is the goal of the software, to make it as easy as possible for you to get the case from A to Z, with stops at F, G, and perhaps N along the way.
Most of the time, you will be able to audit your information easily with this type of software. Auditing allows you to see any actions that have been performed on a document and can be extremely useful in checking work or in determining at what point something become incorrect. You should be able to get this with any document that you want to audit.
The fact is, e-Discovery software just makes it easier to do your job, and saves you money from having to have things done manually as well as streamlines the entire process so that you know what you have to do next, or to complete a case.
